Railway-car compartment and folding table therefor.



F. J. LEIGH. RAILWAY GAR GOMPARTMENT AND Pomme TABLE THEREFoR.

j APPLIOATION FAILED NOV. 15, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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APPLIGATION FILED 11017.15, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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FREDERICK J. LEIGI-I, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO IMPERIAL CARSHIP- BUILDNG AND DRY DOCK CORPORATION, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

RAILWAY-CAR COMPARTMENT AND FOLDING TABLE THEREFOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. LEIGH, citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-CarCompartments and Folding Tables Therefor, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in compartment carsparticularly designed in relation to a car of peculiar constructiondescribed and claimed in my pending application, Serial No. 530,551,filed on the 30th day of November, 1909.

The object of my invention is to provide in a car having double wallsand floors and divided into compartments, a folding table, a wash basinconnected to the table, a strong box also connected to the table, hotand cold water faucets located between t-he outer and inner walls of thecar, and a waste hopper also located therein, into which the wash basinis adapted to empty. To this end, I have provided an all-steel foldingtable which, when not in use, as at night, is moved down to form thefioor of the car, the leaves and braces of the table being carried inthe space between the floor and the bottom of the car. Attached to thetable is a wash basin peculiarly designed to prevent splashing, thiswash basin being carried on trunnions and slidably arranged so thatafter using it, a passenger may slide said basin so that its end willproject into the space between the walls of the car and over the wastehopper, the basin then being turned to discharge its contents, thebasin, under ordinary circumstances, being carried upon the under sideof the table so as to leave the top of the table unhampered. The hot andcold water faucets are contained within a toilet cabinet having shelvesfor drinking cups, hair brushes, towels, etc. I also provide with eachtable, chilled steel boxes having combination locks so located on thetable as to be in convenient position during the day and stowed awaybeneath the steel floor of the car at night when the table Ais foldedup, thus aifording security in case the train is held up by robbers. Inaddition t0 the functions above, named, the double bottom of my improvedcar provides spacesto be used as refrigerator and cold storage spacesaccessible at all times either for the stovvn Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed November 15, 1909.

Patented A110. 2, 1910.

Serial No. 528,198.

age of ice or removal of the contents of the storage space. The doublebottom also provides a space with water and dust tight cover for thestowage of bedding during the day.

The several constructions are shown in the accompanying drawings,wherein;

Figure l is a side elevation of a car compartment, the bottom of the carbeing in section, the view being taken looking from the aisle andshowing my improved folding table also in section; Fig. 2 is atransverse lsection of a portion of a car, the double bottom and sidewalls of the car being shown in sect-ion, the folding table being shownin front elevation; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the carbottom and through the table, the table being shown in partly foldedcondition to support the wash basin thereon; Fig. 4L is a fragmentarysectional detail showing the waste hopper, a portion of the table, andthe wash basin tipped to empty into the waste hopper; Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the supporting plate for the table;Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of one of the table braces; Fig. 7 is aperspective detail of the leaf brace; Fig. 8 is a perspective view ofthe stop for the table support; and, Fig. 9 is a transverse section ofone of the flush handle plates.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my car is formed withdouble walls A and B, a floor C, a car bottom D, and dividing partitionplates E which divide the car up into a series of compartments. Inasmuch as all the compartments are alike, I have shown in the drawingsonly one of the compartments. The floor is supported on the I beams F.Preferably, there .is an I beam F approximately under each partitionplate and one crossing the middle of the compartment. This divides thespace beneath each compartment into two general divisions, and these inturn are each divided by partition plates 2 having angular flanges attheir margins, whereby the partition plates may be attached to the floorand to the car bottom. The space beneath each compartment is thereforedivided into four chambers or compartments, namely: a refrigerator space3; a cold storage space 4; a bedding space 5, and a table stowage space6.

The floor of the compartment is composed of a plurality of hingedsections adapted to be raised in order to permit access to the spacebeneath the floor. The section 3a covers the refrigerator space 3 andrests on its free edge upon the upper flange of the partition plate 2.The cold storage space 4 is covered by the section 4a. The edge of thesection 3a is undercut so as to fit over the section 4a so that when thesection 3a is closed, the section 4l will be held in place. The beddingspace 5 is closed by the section 5, while the space 6 is closed eitherby a number of auxiliary covering sections 62L and 6l', or by thetable-supporting plate 10 now to be described.

The table consists of a supporting plate 10 which is of a lengthapproximately equal to the depth of the section or compartment, thisplate being of metal of the same thickness as the covering sections ofthe floor and hinged to the covering section 4a by the hinges 11 so thatit may be raised into a vertical position or lowered into a horizontalposit-ion to fit over the space 6. The top of the table consists of twoleaves 12 and 13. The leaf 12 is hinged to the supporting plate by thehinges 14, while the leaf 13 is hinged to the plate 12 by opposed hinges15 located on top of the table and permitting the leaf 13 to be turnedover upon the leaf 12. After the leaf 13 is turned over upon the leaf12, both leaves may be folded down parallel to the supporting plate 10,and in this position the table may be lowered to close the space 6.

In order to hold the supporting plate 10 in upright position, I form theplate 10 with an opening in which is set the bowlshaped plate 16 havingmarginal attaching flanges 17. The bowl-shaped portion of the plate iscrossed by a handle bar 18. A like bowl-shaped plate 2O with attachingflanges 21 and transverse bar 22 is set into the floor section 4a. Itwill be seen that these plates form handles whereby the plate 10 andplate 4a' may be raised and lowered, and that these handles arepractically Hush with the floor so as not to form any obstruction. Abrace 25 formed in two parts which are oined by a turn buckle 2G isformed at its ends with the hooks 27 which are adapted to engage aroundthe transverse bars 18 and 22 of the plates 16 and 20. The supportingplate 10,at its lower edge, is provided with a small angle iron 28 whichforms a stop when the supporting plate is turned to its verticalposition, and prevents the supporting plate from being turned beyond itsvertical position. I-Ience, it will be seen that after the supportingplate is turned upward, and the brace 25 connected thereto, the turnbuckle may be rotated to draw the sections of the brace together andthus hold the supporting plate in a true vertical position, and thatuntil the brace is released, the supporting plate cannot turn downward.

In order to support the leaf 12, I provide the diagonal brace 30 whichis also formed in two sections hinged to each other as at 31 so that thesections of the brace may be folded upon each other. One extremity ofthe brace 30 is formed with a hook 32, while the other extremity isformed with lugs 33 which engage with an ear 34 formed on a plate 35attached to the under side of the leaf 12. The two sections of the brace30 are connected to each other by a rule hinge so that when they areturned into alinement with each other, the hinge will not open and thetwo sections will be practically rigid, as far as supporting the leaf 12is concerned. The hooked end of the brace passes through a slot in thebowl-shaped member 1G and is adapted to engage with the transverse bar18.

In order to fold down the leaf 12, it is only necessary to unhook thebrace 30 from its connection with the bar 18, and then fold the braceand at the same time turn the leaf 12 downward. It will be seen that asthe section 13 is folded over upon the section 12, the entire table topmay be folded over upon the side of the supporting plate 10, and in thisposition the supporting plate may be turned down and the table sections,the braces, etc., be stowed within the space 6, while the plate 10 formsthe flooring over this space.

In order to cover the space 6 when the table is in its raised position,the position which it ordinarily occupies during the day, I haveprovided the auxiliary sections 6a and 6l previously referred to. Thesection 6a is hinged at one edge to the section 5, and the section 6b ishinged to the section 6a. Thus, these sections may be folded over uponeach other, as shown in the drawing, and beneath the seat of the car(not shown), or may be folded over so as to form a flooring covering theopening above the space G. Each of these sections is provided with thebowl-shaped plates 40 having the transverse handle bars which areconstructed in precisely the same manner as the plate 2O previouslydescribed and form flush handles whereby the sections may be operated.

In order to hold the section 3a closed so as to make a close fittingoint with the section 4a, I provide the snib 41 attached to a shank 42which projects up through the section 3aL and is there provided with ahandle 43, whereby the snib may be turned. Then turned in one position,it will be seen, this will draw the section 3a into tight engagementwith the section 4a, and in the other position, it will permit eitherone of these sections to be raised.

Attached to the plate 10 are the two safety deposit boxes 44. Theseboxes are each of chilled steel, are segmental in shape, and providedwith covers 45. The boxes are preferably formed with combination lockswhereby the covers may be locked into engagement with the body of theboxes. There may be as many of these boxes attached to the table asthere are passengers for the compartment. I have shown two of theseboxes. It will be seen that during the day these boxes are in aconvenient position for the reception of valuables, and that at nightthe boxes are supported beneath the steel Hoor of the car in apeculiarly safe position and one rendered more safe by the fact that thelower berth (not shown) is then lowered and prevents the raising of thetable.

One of the ends gained by my invention is the provision in eachcompartment of a toilet cabinet, hot and cold water faucets located inthe cabinet, and a waste water hopper which shall be out of the way andconcealed under all circumstances, and further to provide in connectionwith this a water basin mounted upon the folding table in such aposition as not to prevent the ordinary use of the table, this wash bowlbeing arranged so that when it is turned into proper position, it may beemptied into the waste hopper.

The wash basin designated is approximately ovoid in shape and has onthree sides the inwardly projecting margin 51. The remaining side of thebasin which is toward the wall of the car is extended outward to form apouring lip 52. Each basin has projecting from it the opposed trunnions53, these trunnions being located at the middle of the basin and set alittle forward of the deepest portion thereof. The trunnions are squarein section and slide in horizontal slots 54a formed in opposed pedestals54 riveted to the under side of the leaf 13. Each pedestal extendstransversely to the car, and the extremity of each slot is angled, as at54). It will be seen that the trunnions being square, prevent anytilting of the basin until the basin is moved to a position where saidtrunnions reach the angular ends of the slots. A set screw 55 is used tohold the trunnion and the basin in anyadjusted position. After using,the passenger has simply to turn the set screw to release the trunnion,and push'the basin a few inches to the angular end of the slot,whereupon said basin will discharge its contents into the waste hopper.It will be seen that the basin, under ordinary circumstances, is carriedinverted beneath the leaf 13, but is at all times easily accessible forimmediate use. 1t will also be seen that the basin is adapted to bemoved to a position wherein its projecting lip extends into a toiletcabinet which is formed in the space between the outer and inner wallsof the car and which is closed by a hinged door having thereon a mirror61.

Located within the cabinet are shelves for the reception of towels,soap, tooth brushes, etc., together with holders for Sponges anddrinking cups, soap dishes, etc. Extending into the toilet cabinet, andprojecting out beneath the shelves thereof, but abo-ve the positionwhich the basin will take when moved into the toilet cabinet, are thehot and cold water supply pipes 64 connected to folding faucets 65.These faucets, when folded inward, shut off the supply of water andpermit the cabinet door to be closed. Then folded outward, the faucetsproject over the basin. Thus the water can not be left running when thedoor is closed. 1mmediately beneath the faucets is located a wastehopper 66 which is entirely inclosed between the outer and inner wallsof the car and extends downward to a trap 67 which is connected to thewaste pipe 7() extending down through the floor of the car. A shutter G8in the inner wall of the car is arranged opposite to a trap cap 69,whereby the trap may be easily cleaned when necessary. The upper end ofthe waste hopper is provided with a cover 71 and a hook 7 2. This coveris normally closed upon the hopper, thus preventing dust or cinders orfoul odors from rising from the waste hopper and passing into the car.The cover is gaslreted so as to have a tight fit upon the upper end ofthe hopper.

The means which have heretofore been described, as before remarked, aredesigned to be used with an improved car construction forming thesubject of a separate application before referred to, and also withcertain sleeping berth and seat arrangements also forming the subject ofa sep# arate application, Serial No. 528,497, led on the 17th day ofNovember 1909. The sleeping berth and seat construction provides seatswhich during the day are located on opposite sides of the compartment,as is usual in parlor cars, and at night are moved so as to provideberths extending across the compartment. It is of course necessary,under these circumstances, to provide a table which may be entirelyfolded away so as not to occupy any space which would be necessary forthe use of the passengers.

1t will be seen that by the construction heretofore described, I provideil table which may be folded away at any time when desired, or occupy aplace between the two opposed seats of the compartment, and which withvery little trouble, may be converted into a stand for a wash basin. Itwill also be seen in this connection that I have provided means in eachcompartment for supplying water and carrying off the waste watertherefrom. The cabinet containing the faucets is conveniently arrangedto hold towels, soaps, sponges, etc., and is provided with a mirror inits face. It will also be seen that by the provision of spaces 3, 4, 5and 6, I provide stowage compartments for ice, for the storage of food,and for the storage of bedding, all separated from each other byair-tight partitions.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a railway car having a double bottom, of a tablehinged to the bottom of the car and adapted when turned down to form asection of the car Hoor, and auxiliary covering sections adapted tocover the space in the floor normally occupied by the table, when thetable is turned up.

2. In a railway car having a double bottom, a floor section movable to avertical position, and leaves pivoted to the free edge of? said sectionand adapted to be turned into horizontal position to form a table top.

3. In a railway car having a double bottom, a iioor section normallyforming a part of the floor of the car hinged to said iioor and movableto a vertical position to support a table, a leaf hinged to the saidsection for movement into a horizontal plane, and braces supporting thesection and the leaf.

t. In a railway car having a double bottom, a floor section which in ahorizontal position forms part of the fioor of the car but which may bemoved to a vertical position to form a table support, a leaf hinged tothe under side of said floor section at its free edge, a brace forsupporting said leaf, and a leaf hinged to the lirst named leaf at thebutt end thereof and projecting oppositely thereto.

5. In a railway car having a double bottom, a floor section normallyforming` part of the iioor of the car but movable into a verticalposition to form a table support, a leaf hinged to the under face of thesection at the free edge thereof, a folding brace detachably connectedat one end to the section for supporting said leaf, and a leaf hinged tothe first named leaf at the butt end thereof and adapted to fold overupon the top of said first named leaf.

6. In a railway car having a double bottom, a Iioor section normallyforming part of the floor of the car but movable to a vertical positionto form a support for a table top, a leaf hinged to the under side ofthe section at the free end thereof, a brace for supporting said leaf,and a brace detachably connected to the section and to the floor of thecar for supporting the section in a vertical position.

7. In a railway car, a section normally forming part of the floor of thecar but movable into a vertical position to form a table support, atable top hinged to the support, a stop on the hinged edge of thesupport for limiting its movement to a position at right angles to thefloor of the car, and a detachable bracc engageable with the section andwith the floor of the car on the hinged side of the section, said bracebeing formed in two parts connected by a turn buckle.

8. In a railway car, a iioor section hinged to said floor and formingpart thereof when turned into a horizontal position, said section beingadapted to be turned into a vertical position to forni a support for atable, a stop for limiting the movement of the section to a position atright angles to the floor, a handle attached to said section, saidhandle being flush therewith, a handle attached to the floor and flushtherewith, a supporting brace having hooks at both ends engageable withsaid handles in the section and floor, and a turn buckle connecting thetwo sections.

9. In a railway car having a double bottom, a floor section hinged atone edge to the floor of the car and forming part of said floor when ina horizontal position, a table top hinged to said section and adapted tofold beneath the under side thereof or to be turned into a horizontalposition when the section is raised, a brace for supporting said tabletop in a horizontal position, a detachable brace adapted to be connectedto the floor for supporting the sections in a vertical position, andauxiliary covering sections hinged to each other and adapted to coverthe floor when the said floor section has been raised to form a tablesupport.

10. In a railway car or like structure, a floor section normally formingpart of the floor but movable into a vertical position to form a supportfor a table, said section being hinged at its lower end to the floor andthere provided with a stop for preventing the section being raisedbeyond a position at right angles to the floor, a table top hinged tothe free end of said section and adapted to be turned either into ahorizontal position when the section is raised or to be folded beneaththe under side of said section when it is lowered, a bowl-like platecarried upon said section and having a cross bar, a bowl-like plateinserted in the floor also having a cross bar, and a brace formed in twosections connected by a turn buckle, said brace having hooks at the endsadapted to engage said cross bars.

11. In a railway car, a floor section hinged at one edge to said car andadapted to be turned down into a horizontal position to form part of thefloor of the car and into a vertical position to support a table top,and a safe deposit boX carried upon the said section.

12. In a railway car having a double bottom, a floor section hinged tothe floor of the car and movable to a'horizontal position to form partof the floor thereof and to a vertical position to support a table top,a table top hinged to the free edge of said floor section and foldableinto a horizontal position or into a position beneath the section,detachable braces for supporting said section in a vertical position,and a safe deposit box attached to the under side of sind section.

13. In a railway car having double walls, a table support, a leaf hingedto one side of the table support, a leaf hinged to said first named leafso as to be folded upon the top of said first named leaf, a wash basincarried upon the under side of said second named leaf, and a wastehopper supported between the double walls of the car into which saidbasin may be emptied.

14. In a railway car having double walls, a table support, a leaf hingedto said table support, a leaf hinged to said first named leaf andmovable on to the top of said first named leaf, supports mounted on theunder side of said second named leaf and extending transversely to thecar, said supports being formed with slots, a wash basin havingtrunnions carried in said slots whereby the basin may be movedtransversely to the car, and a waste hopper carried in the double wallsof the car opposite to said wash basin when turned into its actuatingposition.

15. The combination with a railway car having double walls, of a tablesupport, a leaf hinged to said table support for movement in a verticalplane, basin supports carried upon the under side of said leaf andextending transversely of the car, said supports having slots, a basinhaving opposed trunnions movable in said slots, a waste hopper carriedbetween the walls of the car opposite to said basin when the leaf isturned into overturned position, and a door in the wall of the caropposite said table and opening to permit the basin to be moved intoconjunction with the waste hopper.

1G. In a railway car, a table support, a leaf hinged thereto, a door inthe inside wall of the car opposite said leaf, a leaf hinged to theupper face of the first named leaf and extending out oppositelytherefrom when in its normal position but horizontal thereto to turn onto the upper face of said first named leaf, opposed basin supportsmounted upon the under side of the second named leaf and extendingtransversely of the car, said supports being formed with horizontallyextending slots, the ends of the slots being downwardly turned, a basinhaving square trunnions, said trunnions carried in the slots, and ahopper mounted between the car walls opposite to said door into whichthe basin may be emptied when moved to its innermost position.

17. In a railway car having a double bottom and double walls, a floorsection hinged to the floor of the car and forming a part thereof whenturned into a horizontal position, a leaf hinged to one side of thefloor section at its free edge and foldable inward against the underside of the floor section, a leaf hinged to the first named leaf andextending transversely thereto but rotatable into a position on top ofthe first named leaf, a door in the inner wall of the car opposite tothe said first named leaf, a waste hopper carried between t-he walls ofthe car opposite said door, opposed basin supports mounted on the underside of the second named leaf and extending transversely of the car andeach having a longitudinally extending track, a basin having opposedsquare trunnions engaging with the track to prevent the basin fromrotating, the inner end of said track being downwardly turned to tip thebasin, supply pipes carried between the inner and outer walls of the carabove the waste pipe, and hinged faucets connected thereto and rotatableinto a position above said basin.

18. A railway car having double walls, a cabinet formed between saidwalls and having a door mounted in the inner wall, shelves in thecabinet for the support of toilet accessories, a waste hopper mountedbetween the double walls and having its upper end projecting into thelower end of the cabinet, supply pipes entering said cabinet above thehopper, and faucets mounted therein, said faucets having projectingmembers for controlling the passage of water through the faucets, thedoor when closed engaging with said projecting members to hold them in aclosed position.

19. A railway car compartment having a double bottom, transversepartitions in the double bottom dividing the same into an icecontainingcompartment, a cold storage compartment, a bedding compartment, and atable containing` compartment, hinged floor sections for removablycovering the ice, cold storage, and bedding compartments, a hingedsection for covering the table compartment and forming part of thefloor, said hinged section being movable into a vertical position toform a support for a table top, a removable brace for holding saidsection in a vertical position, hinged auxiliary floor sections adaptedto cover the space left open by the raising of said floor section into avertical position, a leaf hinged to the free edge of the floor sectionand adapted to be turned into a horizontal position or into a positionagainst the under side of the floor section, a jointed brace forsupporting the leaf, a leaf hinged to the upper face of the first namedleaf at the butt end thereof and rotatable on to the top surface of saidfirst named leaf, a basin support mounted on the under side of thesecond named leaf, a basin mounted thereon and having free lateralmovement, said basin being adapted to be turned in a vertical plane atthe inner eX- tremity of its lateral movement, a waste hopper carriedbetween the double walls of the car, a door in the inner wall locatedopposite to said table and adapted to be opened to permit the basin tobe tipped into said hopper, supply pipes carried between the doublewalls of the car, and faucets located above the waste hopper and adaptedto be turned in a position to deliver water to said basin.

20. The combination with a railway car having a double bottom and asectional floor,

of a hinged Hoor section movable to a vertical position to form a tablesupport, and a table top foldably mounted on the free end of thesection.

2l. The combination with a table having a vertical supporting member, aleaf hinged thereto and a second leaf hinged to the first named leaf atthe butt thereof, of opposed basin supports mounted on the under side ofthe second named leaf and normally depending, said supports each havinga longitudinally extending slot, the ends of said slot eX- tendingtoward the table leaf, and a basin having square trunnions engaging withthe said leaf.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK J. LEIGH.

Vitnesses JOHN J. LOUGHR'AN, ROBERT A. ORGAN.

